Senator Averil Power’s parting shots borne of frustration

The departure of the no-nonsense senator sees Fianna Fáil return to being stale, male, and pale, writes Political Correspondent Shaun Connolly

TYPICAL of her no-nonsense style Averil Power did not just leave Fianna Fáil with a parting shot, she blew the leadership apart with an Uzi submachine gun.

The tears Senator Power just about managed to fight back as she delivered her damning resignation from the party were bourne of four years of frustration at trying to change a party she now insists is incapable of modernisation.